The Kangchenjunga Adventure

Type
Book
Authors
Smythe ( Frank s. Smythre )
 
Category
900 --History & Geography  [ Browse Items ]
Publication Year
1946 
Publisher
Hodder and Stoughton Limited, United Kingdom 
URL
[ private ] 
Description
This book is a personal account of the attempt made in 1930 to climb Kangchenjunga, 28, 156 feet, and the successful ascent of the Jonsong Peak, 24, 344 feet, and other great peaks of the Eastern Himalayas.

I have endeavoured to record my own personal impressions f what was primarily an adventure. It is now no longer necessary to disguise adventure shamefacedly under the cloas of science. The scientific side of the expedition was well attended to , and interesting and important data has been gained. We went, however, to Kangchenjunga in response not to the dictates of science, but in obedience to that indefinable urge men call an adventure, an urge which, in spite of easy living and "safety first' still has its roots deep in the human race. 
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